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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methylobacterium carpenticola

Name: Methylobacterium carpenticola Yoon et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.pen.ti’co.la. L. neut. n. carpentum, a chariot; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. carpenticola, an inhabitant of car, as the strain was isolated from car (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kar-pen-TI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: ID0610; JCM 37403; KACC 23847

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16S rRNA gene: PQ242627 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JP, Kim TH, Park SY, Yoon KY, Kim HM. Methylobacterium alsaeris sp. nov. and Methylobacterium carpenticola sp. nov., isolated from a car air conditioning system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6884. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yoon JP, Kim TH, Park SY, Yoon KY, Kim HM. Methylobacterium alsaeris sp. nov. and Methylobacterium carpenticola sp. nov., isolated from a car air conditioning system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6884. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 67014
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